§ 913

Enacted by Stats. 1992, Ch. 162, Sec. 10. Operative January 1, 1994.
(a)The separate property of a married person is liable for a debt incurred by the person before or during marriage.
(b)Except as otherwise provided by statute:
(1)The separate property of a married person is not liable for a debt incurred by the person’s spouse before or during marriage.
(2)The joinder or consent of a married person to an encumbrance of community estate property to secure payment of a debt incurred by the person’s spouse does not subject the person’s separate property to liability for the debt unless the person also incurred the debt.

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